linkify
v0.11.0 GrowingFinds URLs and email addresses in plain text. Takes care to get the boundaries right with surrounding punctuation like parentheses.
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 43d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Trusted by 431 crates
- ✓Tiny footprint (27KB, 3 deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
230.3K downloads in the last 30 days (7.7K/day), up 46% from the previous period.
431 crates depend on linkify. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.
Despite being 9+ years old, linkify hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.
At 27KB, linkify is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include neon, clearurls, linkcheck, markdown-it, lychee-lib. When high-quality crates choose linkify, it's a strong quality signal.
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Most downloaded crates that depend on linkify
